Implement for decorating wood.



PATENTED JAN 30, 1906.

R. A. CULVER. IMPLEMENT FOR DEGORATING WOOD.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28. 1904:,

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ROSS A. CULVER, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

IMPLEMENT FOR DECORATING WOOD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Applic ti n e September 28, 1904. Serial No. 226,331.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ross A. CULVER, a citizen of the United States, residing atBristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Implements for Deccrating Wood, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to implements for decorating woodwork; and the object of my improvement is to provide means for cheaply decorating woodwork with various designs as a substitute for carved work.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a broken-off plan or face view of my implement. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the same on the line a a of Fig. 1.

A designates the body of my implement, which forms the seat or backing for the depthgage B and decorating points or pins 3. The points or pins 3 are arranged in any desired design and set closely together or nearly together, so that the figures or patterns of the design or ornament are delineated by the said pins. The pins may vary in size according to the designs to be produced, the design shown being made up of two sizes of pins. Each pin is provided with a short and stout conical point that constitutes the working portion, and hence the reference-numeral 3 for the pins may answer also for these points. The body 4 of the pins is cylindrical, and the several pins in each series or figure project a given distance beyond the face of the depthgage B and are of a given size at their base, so as to make a uniform impression in the wood when driven in until the depth-gage strikes the surface of the wood. A convenient way to form this implement is to make the pins of wire pointed, as shown, and cut into suitable lengths.

The depth-gage B may be in the form of a plate separate from the body A and about as thick as the length of the cylindrical body of the pins. It is drilled with numerous holes corresponding in position, size, and number with that of the pins for any given design, the said holes and pins being relatively proportioned, so that the pins when driven in will have sufficient friction to hold the pins against being easily displaced in the longitudinal direction. The pins are driven into the holes far enough to insure the desired projection of their points beyond the face of the depth-gage. It is best to make them project a little more than the intended final projection. A recessed or hollow set, which will admit the points of the pins to a given depth beyond its end face, is placed over the pins and is forced toward the depth-gage until its end face comes in contact with the face of the depth-gage, thereby driving the pins back in case they project too far and causing their butts or ends to project slightly beyond the back face of the depth-gage. This will bring the junction of the cylindrical and pointed portions of the pins in substantially the plane of the stop-face of the depth-gage. The projecting butts of the pins are removed or cut off, so as toleave all of the ends orbutts in the plane of the back face of the said depth-gage, which may be secured upon the body A in any proper manneras, for example, by the screws 5. The depth-gage B serves the double function of a support for the pins, while the face of the said depthgage, from which the said pins project, acts as a stop to regulate the size of the depressions made in the surface to be decorated. The points of the pins are short and stout in contradistinction to long and slender. They act mainly to form depressions in the surface of the Wood instead of perforations or punctures. Being short and stout, the taper of the points is quite abrupt or blunt, so that the diameter of the depressions will vary greatly with a slight variation in the depth of the impressions. By setting the base of the pointed portions in the plane of the stopface of the depth-gage and using the said face as a stop a uniformity in the size of the depressions is insured. The stop-face of the depth-gage makes an implement for a large pattern, particularly adapted for having its imprint made by blows of a hand-hammer directed successively at various points on the back of the implement until the whole pattern is uniformly imprinted in the surface of the wood.

Any suitable side gages as, for example, the side gage 6, Fig. 2-may be secured to the implement at the distance from the pins that the decoration should be from the edge of the piece of wood to be decorated.

To use the device, it is placed over the surface to be decorated and located at the desired place in any proper manner-as, for example, by the side gage 6-and the points or pins are then driven into the wood until the surface of the depth-gage rests upon the surface being decorated. The points may be thus driven in by striking on the back of the implement with a hammer or mallet. Upon removing the tool the decoration will appear on the surface in a series of holes as made by the series of pins. If desired, these holes may be filled with bronze or paint to more clearly bring out the design. The imprint or design is fully as effective as a much more expensive full-line carving of the same pattern.

I claim as my invention 1. The herein-described implement for decorating Woodwork, consisting of a depthgage the face of which acts as a stop, and aseries of short and stout pins projecting from the said face and arranged together to delineate the design to be impressed in the Wood, the depth and size of the impressions being governed by the said stop-face.

2. The herein-described implement for deccrating Woodwork, consisting of a depthgage having a series of cylindrical holes and a stop-face, and a series of pins arranged together to delineate the design to be impressed in the Wood, the said pins having a cylindrical portion fitted to the said cylindrical holes and a short and stout pointed portion at the front end of the said cylindrical portion, the said pins being arranged With the junction of the cylindrical and pointed portions in the plane of the said stopace.

ROSS A. CULVER.

' Witnesses:

JAMES SHEPARD, P. J. EGAN. 

